Control device, base station, control method, and storage medium

Abstract

A control device configured to control communication between a terminal and a base station manages, concerning the communication, first information representing a part of a number corresponding to an order of a packet and held by each of the terminal and the base station and second information representing another part of the number corresponding to the order of the packet and transmitted from the terminal to the base station, determines whether the first information matches between the base station and the terminal, and controls the terminal to transmit a signal used to execute reconnection processing for resetting the number of the packet upon determining that the first information does not match between the base station and the terminal.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A control device configured to control communication between a terminal and a base station, comprising:
 at least one processor coupled to a memory; and 
 the memory that stores a computer program including computer-readable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to function as: 
 a management unit configured to manage, concerning the communication, first information representing a part of a number corresponding to an order of a packet and held by each of the terminal and the base station and second information representing another part of the number corresponding to the order of the packet and transmitted from the terminal to the base station; 
 a determination unit configured to determine whether the first information matches between the base station and the terminal; and 
 a control unit configured to control the terminal to transmit a signal used to execute reconnection processing for resetting the number of the packet upon determining that the first information does not match between the base station and the terminal. 
 
     
     
       2. The control device according to  claim 1 , wherein upon determining that the first information does not match between the base station and the terminal, the control unit causes the terminal to issue a connection request that is not based on information of the terminal as the signal used to execute the reconnection processing. 
     
     
       3. The control device according to  claim 2 , wherein upon determining that the first information does not match between the base station and the terminal, the control unit causes the terminal to issue a reconnection request based on the information of the terminal by controlling the base station to cause the terminal to recognize that a failure occurs in a radio link between the base station and the terminal, and causes the terminal to issue the connection request that is not based on the information of the terminal by causing the base station to reject or ignore the reconnection request. 
     
     
       4. The control device according to  claim 3 , wherein upon determining that the first information does not match between the base station and the terminal, the control unit controls the base station to cause the terminal to transmit a predetermined signal and causes the base station to ignore the predetermined signal transmitted from the terminal, thereby causing the terminal to recognize that a failure occurs in a radio link. 
     
     
       5. The control device according to  claim 3 , wherein the control unit discards the information of the terminal before issuance of the reconnection request by the terminal, thereby rejecting or ignoring the reconnection request. 
     
     
       6. The control device according to  claim 1 , wherein the first information is used to decode at least part of the packet with which the first information is associated, and
 the determination unit determines that the first information does not match between the base station and the terminal in a case in which, for a plurality of packets received after not less than a predetermined time has elapsed without reception of a packet by the base station, a count of decoding failures based on the first information for the plurality of packet reaches a predetermined count. 
 
     
     
       7. A control device configured to control communication between a terminal and a base station, comprising:
 at least one processor coupled to a memory; and 
 the memory that stores a computer program including computer-readable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to function as: 
 a management unit configured to manage, concerning the communication, first information representing a part of a number corresponding to an order of a packet and held by each of the terminal and the base station and second information representing another part of the number corresponding to the order of the packet and transmitted from the terminal to the base station; 
 a determination unit configured to determine whether the first information matches between the base station and the terminal; and 
 a control unit configured to control the base station to transmit, to the terminal, an instruction to cause the terminal to perform handover without switching of the connected base station upon determining that the first information does not match between the base station and the terminal. 
 
     
     
       8. The control device according to  claim 6 , wherein the control unit controls the base station to transmit, to the terminal, a handover instruction message that designates the base station as a handover destination. 
     
     
       9. The control device according to  claim 7 , wherein the first information is used to decode at least part of the packet with which the first information is associated, and
 the determination unit determines that the first information does not match between the base station and the terminal in a case in which, for a plurality of packets received after not less than a predetermined time has elapsed without reception of a packet by the base station, a count of decoding failures based on the first information for the plurality of packet reaches a predetermined count. 
 
     
     
       10. A base station configured to perform communication with a terminal and comprising a control device configured to control communication between a terminal and a base station, wherein the control device comprises:
 at least one processor coupled to a memory; and 
 the memory that stores a computer program including computer-readable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to function as: 
 a management unit configured to manage, concerning the communication, first information representing a part of a number corresponding to an order of a packet and held by each of the terminal and the base station and second information representing another part of the number corresponding to the order of the packet and transmitted from the terminal to the base station; 
 a determination unit configured to determine whether the first information matches between the base station and the terminal; and 
 a control unit configured to control the terminal to transmit a signal used to execute reconnection processing for resetting the number of the packet upon determining that the first information does not match between the base station and the terminal, wherein the control device. 
 
     
     
       11. A base station configured to perform communication with a terminal and comprising a control device configured to control communication between a terminal and a base station, wherein the control device comprises:
 at least one processor coupled to a memory; and 
 the memory that stores a computer program including computer-readable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to function as: 
 a management unit configured to manage, concerning the communication, first information representing a part of a number corresponding to an order of a packet and held by each of the terminal and the base station and second information representing another part of the number corresponding to the order of the packet and transmitted from the terminal to the base station; 
 a determination unit configured to determine whether the first information matches between the base station and the terminal; and 
 a control unit configured to control the base station to transmit, to the terminal, an instruction to cause the terminal to perform handover without switching of the connected base station upon determining that the first information does not match between the base station and the terminal. 
 
     
     
       12. A control method of a control device configured to control communication between a terminal and a base station, the method comprising:
 determining whether first information, representing a part of a number corresponding to an order of a packet and held by each of the terminal and the base station, matches between the base station and the terminal; and 
 controlling the terminal to transmit a signal used to execute reconnection processing for resetting the number of the packet upon determining that the first information does not match between the base station and the terminal. 
 
     
     
       13. A control method of a control device configured to control communication between a terminal and a base station, the method comprising:
 determining whether first information, representing a part of a number corresponding to an order of a packet and held by each of the terminal and the base station, matches between the base station and the terminal; and 
 controlling the base station to transmit, to the terminal, an instruction to cause the terminal to perform handover without switching of the connected base station upon determining that the first information does not match between the base station and the terminal. 
 
     
     
       14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer provided in a control device configured to control communication between a terminal and a base station to execute:
 determining whether first information, representing a part of a number corresponding to an order of a packet and held by each of the terminal and the base station, matches between the base station and the terminal; and 
 controlling the terminal to transmit a signal used to execute reconnection processing for resetting the number of the packet upon determining that the first information does not match between the base station and the terminal. 
 
     
     
       15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer provided in a control device configured to control communication between a terminal and a base station to execute:
 determining whether first information, representing a part of a number corresponding to an order of a packet and held by each of the terminal and the base station, matches between the base station and the terminal; and 
 controlling the base station to transmit, to the terminal, an instruction to cause the terminal to perform handover without switching of the connected base station upon determining that the first information does not match between the base station and the terminal.